Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Well I came home yesterday(gone 3hrs) to find me tang completely missing(no where around/under rockwork.) Pretty sure my clown fed him to my anemone(she's been trying to pull a sixline into,) a sad day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 That sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 what kind of nem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonSequitur Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I think I had a chromis recently meet this same fate.. whenever I feed the nems they try to steal whatever it is I'm feeding them. A few nights ago after feeding the tank one of them was missing, the anemone was retracted behind its rock, and the squid bits I'd just fed it were floating free in the water (being fought over by the remaining chromises (chromi?) even though they were way too big for their mouths) Never thought of clowns as trying to pull other live fish into their host nems, though.. makes me rethink the idea of getting clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 It's like anything, all fish are different, tank to tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Long tentacle mark, you still haven't given me a callahan clone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Long tentacle mark, you still haven't given me a callahan clone Well once mine decides to split, I'll let you know! You sure your clowns dragged a fish into it? I've never heard of a clown doing that. Perhaps the tang was darting around and dove into it on accident. either way, LTA's aren't sticky like carpets so if it was strong, it probably could have gotten away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Idk, she's snatched the tail of that little sixline in there and backed into it, I don't care as much for the sixline, granted, this isn't your average clown, she's probably 5" or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Idk, she's snatched the tail of that little sixline in there and backed into it, I don't care as much for the sixline, granted, this isn't your average clown, she's probably 5" or so Wow! That's impressive!! What type of clown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Maroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Maroon gold or white striped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 k, well I wouldn't be surprised if a gold striped maroon would do that. White...not completely surprised but that's still pretty aggressive. Guess you got a mean one. Mine eats out of my hand and pretty much lets me pet her. But she'll chase off anyone who gets close to the nem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 No no, she's very docile toward me while I'm in the tank, but just like yours, when it comes to the nem, no fish zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 we had a maroon in one of the lfs that i used to work for's show tanks who would chase chromis into a carpet nem ( ended up feeding the carpet all 12 of them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Watched a few videos and read a little, apparently it's by no means uncommon for a clown to do this towards fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KeeperOfTheZoo Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Wow. That is an evil clown. Makes my tomato look like a saint. Think I'm gonna stick to ocellaris clowns in the display. My little gal is just as sweet as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 What kind of tang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I had this happen before as well same clown but with a carpet nem. She pulled in a clown goby and a mandarin into it. She picked at anything that got close to the nem and she hated my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxiq Reef Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Scopas tang, not in the big tank yet, so I'll replace it after the move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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